1. (n.) Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.

2. (n.) Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies.

Pecksniffery Tartuffery Tartuffism abracadabra acting affectation baccalaureate service buffoonery business camouflage cant celebration ceremonial ceremony characterization commencement convocation disguise domino empty formality empty gesture exercise exercises false colors false face false front false piety falseness formal formality function gag goody-goodiness graduation graduation exercises ham hammy acting hocus-pocus hoke hokum hypocrisy hypocriticalness impersonation inaugural inauguration incognito initiation insincerity lip service liturgy mask masque masquerade mealymouthedness mimesis mimicking mimicry miming mouthing mumbo-jumbo observance office oiliness ostentatious devotion overacting pantomiming patter performance performing personation pharisaicalness pharisaism pietism pietisticalness piety piousness playacting playing portrayal projection protective coloration religionism religiosity religious ceremony representation rite rite de passage rite of passage ritual sanctimoniousness sanctimony self-righteousness service slapstick smoke screen snivel snuffle snuffling soft soap solemnity solemnization stage business stage directions stage presence stunt sweet talk taking a role tokenism unction unctuousness visor vizard vizard mask